Waking to find his wooden leg and crutches had been stolen while he slept, a tramp was removed helpless to hospital at Valenciennes, France. His leg was unscrewed while he slept. Another tramp later confessed to stealing leg and crutches to make a fire.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 May 1938, Page 7
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